Journal
MATERIALS
Volume 14, Issue 18, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ma14185351
Keywords
sunflower press cake; bio-polyurethane foam; liquid glass; thermal insulation; circular economy; mechanical performance; water absorption
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The study modified rigid polyurethane foam by adding sunflower press cake and liquid glass-impregnated sunflower press cake particles, which improved thermal conductivity, compressive strength, and tensile strength of the foam while reducing short-term water absorption. The modified foams showed increased stability and reduced cell size.
The study analyses rigid polyurethane (PUR) foam modified with 10-30 wt.% sunflower press cake (SFP) and liquid glass-impregnated sunflower press cake (LG-SFP) particles and their impact on performance characteristics of PUR foams-foaming behaviour, rheology, thermal conductivity, compressive strength parallel and perpendicular to the foaming directions, tensile strength, dimensional stability, short-term water absorption by partial immersion, and thermal stability. Even though the dynamic viscosity and apparent density were increased for SFP and LG-SFP formulations, thermal conductivity values improved by 17% and 10%, respectively, when 30 wt.% of particles were incorporated. The addition of SFP and LG-SFP particles resulted in the formation of more structurally and dimensionally stable PUR foams with a smaller average cell size and a greater content of closed cells. At 30 wt.% of SFP and LG-SFP particles, compressive strength increased by 114% and 46% in the perpendicular direction, respectively, and by 71% and 67% in the parallel direction, respectively, while tensile strength showed an 89% and 85% higher performance at 30 wt.% SFP and LG-SFP particles loading. Furthermore, short-term water absorption for all SFP and LG-SFP modified PUR foam formulations was almost two times lower compared to the control foam. SFP particles reduced the thermal stability of modified PUR foams, but LG-SFP particles shifted the thermal decomposition temperatures towards higher ones.
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